Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Testosterone and depressive symptoms during the late menopause transition
Baseline characteristics | |
|---|---|
 Age, mean (SD) | 49.8 (2.6) |
 Years of education, mean (SD) | 13.2 (5.8) |
 Education level, (%) | |
  High school diploma | 22% |
  Some university | 33% |
  Undergraduate degree | 29% |
  Graduate degree | 16% |
 Family income, mean (SD), 10K | |
  < $70,000 | 17% |
  $70,000–89,999 | 19% |
  $90,000–112,999 | 15% |
  ≥ $113,000 | 43% |
  No response | 6% |
 Ethnicity, (%) | |
  Caucasian | 86% |
  Black | 2% |
  Hispanic | 4% |
  Others | 8% |
 Months since LMP, mean (SD) | 2.2 (1.7) |
 Baseline STRAW status (%) | |
  Early perimenopause | 34% |
  Late perimenopause | 66% |
 STRAW status at the end of phase 1 (%) | |
  Early perimenopause | 8% |
  Late perimenopause | 84% |
  Early postmenopause | 5% |
 Body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) | 29.4 (6.5) |
  Overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 29.9 kg/m2) | 38% |
  Obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) | 36% |
 Smoking status (%) | |
  Never smokers | 57% |
  Past smokers | 34% |
  Current smokers | 10% |
 History of major depression (%) | 38% |
Weekly variables | |
 CES-D score, mean (SD) | 12.0 (8.0) |
 Number of hot flashes, mean (SD) | |
  Mild | 1.9 (1.1) |
  Moderate | 1.7 (1.0) |
  Severe | 1.4 (1.0) |
 Sleep quality score, mean (SD) | 2.3 (0.9) |
 E1G, mean (SD), pg/ml | 39,624 (19,809) |
 Testosterone, mean (SD), pg/ml | 2113 (1295) |
 Testosterone-to-E1G ratio, mean (SD) | 0.068 (0.055) |